Every patient has a number nobody warned them about — a denial letter, a copay, a bill that shouldn't exist.
State of the Patient starts there. The show brings on the patients fighting the system and the doctors, researchers, biotech founders, and policymakers who can actually change it — no boardroom spin, no talking points.
Free markets should innovate. Safety nets should catch people. This show keeps both honest.
Hosted by Terry Wilcox, co-founder and CEO of Patients Rising.
The most common cancer in the world doesn't show up on a scan. It shows up in your bathroom mirror.
Basal cell carcinoma gets waved off as “just skin cancer” — five million new cases a year, and a system so backed up that millions wait months for the standard surgery. In this episode, Terry follows one cancer through four very different lives:
It's a story about a red dot, a knife, a failed trial, and a LinkedIn message that changed everything. Because every patient has a number nobody warned them about — and Julie's is a thousand.
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